Objective The wireless performance of building design is not understood and the construction industries do not consider wireless system performance in their designs or specifications despite the rapid employment of metal skins and windows and facades containing metallised layers for energy conservation, both of which are a significant problem for wireless signal propagation. Hence there is a significant need to understand the performance of buildings and construction materials for efficient energy consumption and for the efficient propagation of radio waves. This project’s objectives are to develop and verify the new concept of the wireless friendly, energy efficient building. The wireless propagation properties of building and insulation materials must be assessed. The same properties must be measured for building structures such as walls (internal and external), floors, facades and window systems. These properties will be evaluated from 400 MHz to 20 GHz to include both current and future wireless networks and systems. A significant part of this project is the development and optimisation of CAD tools that combine wireless propagation models with energy efficiency models producing a complete model for the built environment. New innovative construction materials such as glass and steel fibre reinforcement will be studied and new architectural designs investigated to improve wireless signal propagation while maintaining energy efficiency. The project will address how existing buildings can be reconfigured in addition to showing how new buildings can be designed for wireless and energy efficiency.Several case studies will be modelled including a secure building, a smart home including smart energy metering, the use of intelligent reconfigurable structures and a mixed use shopping/commercial environment. Finally four test projects will evaluate energy and wireless buildings experimentally. Fields of science engineering and technologycivil engineeringarchitecture engineering Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IAPP - Marie Curie Action: "Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IAPP See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IAPP - Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) Coordinator THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD Address Firth court western bank S10 2TN Sheffield United Kingdom See on map Region Yorkshire and the Humber South Yorkshire Sheffield Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Joanne Watson (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CESKE VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V PRAZE Czechia EU contribution € 476 554,00 Address Jugoslavskych partyzanu 1580/3 160 00 Praha See on map Region Česko Praha Hlavní město Praha Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Pavel Pechac (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data RANPLAN WIRELESS NETWORK DESIGN LTD United Kingdom EU contribution € 777 637,00 Address Upper pendrill court ermine street north papworth everard CB23 3UY Cambridge See on map Region East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Hui Song (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data
